EireJames
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- Jun 20, 2009
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- Location
- Cork, Republic of Ireland
- Your Mercedes
- Jeep Grand Cherokee OM642 power
Hello everyone, I didn't see a section for introductions so I thought it no harm to post in here, I hope that's ok. I'm James from Cork in Ireland and last Wednesday I viewed and shook hands on buying a 1992 e250 diesel, this one here.....
At 17 years old the mileage isn't out of the way at 227 000 miles, also she was a taxi at some point, presumably not for too long. She is a manual with full cream leather although the drivers seat was replaced with a leather / fabric one at some point, the colour matches though so that's not a biggy. Needs tires, not too bad otherwise, odd blister of rust on the wings but paintwork is good, no dents or scratches of note. The drivers electric window sometimes doesn't come down but the switch and motor are fine. Also the central locking is not working but I gather that is not uncommon with these cars. All going well I will collect her next week, I do have a niggling fear that the seller may not complete the deal but I am always like that when buying or selling.
She is my first Merc, I would generally be a Rover man lol but at the moment have a 1993 Prelude 2.2 non VTEC auto that I bought a couple of months ago that I am not bonding with, although she is a fine car. I have also had a Celica in the past and a Mondeo as a company car so I would be open minded regarding the motors and see the better points on most brands.
Anyway I hope ye are a nice lot who are happy to share the knowledge .
At 17 years old the mileage isn't out of the way at 227 000 miles, also she was a taxi at some point, presumably not for too long. She is a manual with full cream leather although the drivers seat was replaced with a leather / fabric one at some point, the colour matches though so that's not a biggy. Needs tires, not too bad otherwise, odd blister of rust on the wings but paintwork is good, no dents or scratches of note. The drivers electric window sometimes doesn't come down but the switch and motor are fine. Also the central locking is not working but I gather that is not uncommon with these cars. All going well I will collect her next week, I do have a niggling fear that the seller may not complete the deal but I am always like that when buying or selling.
She is my first Merc, I would generally be a Rover man lol but at the moment have a 1993 Prelude 2.2 non VTEC auto that I bought a couple of months ago that I am not bonding with, although she is a fine car. I have also had a Celica in the past and a Mondeo as a company car so I would be open minded regarding the motors and see the better points on most brands.
Anyway I hope ye are a nice lot who are happy to share the knowledge .